Better Buy: AMD vs. Intel

The stock market's strong start to 2023 has rubbed off positively on shares of Advanced Micro Devices $Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$ , but rival Intel $Intel (INTC.US)$ hasn't been able to take advantage of the rally.

While AMD stock is up over 18% so far in 2023, outpacing the Nasdaq Composite $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ index's 10% jump, Intel is down about 3.6%. Let's see why that's the case and see if AMD will continue to remain the better semiconductor stock of the two from an investor's standpoint.